Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.

I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.

You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.

Everybody experiences reality in a way that's only true for them.

In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do people want somebody who yells at them? For most of us, that's so hard to understand. Who wants that? I think there are a lot of people for whom that fulfills some kind of need.

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.